From: Peter 'Joorin Ashes' Flystam (joorin@h231.ryd.student.liu.se)
Date: Tue 25 Aug 1998 - 01:14:10 IDT
I'm using glqwcl 2.21 for ELF Linux 2.0.x. On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, David Goodlad wrote: > Hmm... What quake are you trying to use? I use squake and it works for me... > > David > > Peter 'Joorin Ashes' Flystam wrote: > > > Thanks for the tips. > > > > I'm sorry to have to tell you that it didn't work :'( > > I'm just wondering if there are some other linuxquakers out there using > > the same setup as I am that get this to work? > > Since the mouse is quite popular I hope that somewhere there is someone > > with that vital piece of info. ;P~ > > > > I'll give you a snip from the libvga.config-file: > > mouse microsoft > > #mouse gpm > > mdev /dev/gpmdata > > > > I start quake with -mdev /dev/gpmdata but it doen't work anyway. This tip > > that I got about 'mouse_override' doesn't get me anywhere since i don't > > know what mouse_override does or what syntax I should use. > > > > Plese help > > Peter Flystam > > > > On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, David Goodlad wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Peter 'Joorin Ashes' Flystam wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I've got these odd problems with getting my MS serial v2.1a mouse to > > > work > > > > under svgalib-1.3.0. > > > > As you might know for this mouse to work for example under XFree86 one > > > has > > > > to run gpm-1.13 and tell the X-server that /dev/gpmdata is the mouse > > > > device. > > > > I think that's what I need to do in some way to make my mouse work in > > > > LinuxQuake. Have you encountered this problem before or do you have > > > any > > > > tips except setting mouse type to gpm in /etc/vga/vgalib.config? > > > > > > If you want to use gpm (which is actually very choppy, I can't stand it) > > > with quake in linux, I believe that not only do you have to put "mouse > > > Microsoft" and "mdev /dev/gpmdata" (without the quotes and on separate > > > lines) in /etc/vga/libvga.config, but when you're starting quake, you've > > > got to run it with the command-line-option "-mdev /dev/gpmdata". > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > David >
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